18 JANUARY 1896, Page 25

A Manual of Drill and Physical Exercises. By Charles Oxley.

(Blackie and Son.)—This book, intended for schools, sufficiently indicates its purpose by its title. Preliminary drill and marching, free exercises, Swedish exercises, dumb-bells, and bar- bell exercises (these last intended, we gather from the illus- trations, for boys and girls respectively) aro treated in succession. The musical accompaniments are given. There are many objec- tions to a conscription, but to universal drily, we should hope none even from the advocates of non-resistance.